Another rare original Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Watterson has been put on the block by Heritage Auctions. Just how rare is it? Only four have been sold through Heritage during its 13 years auctioning comic art -- and two of those were in the past couple of years: An original Sunday installment fetched $203,150 in November 2012, and a daily strip went for $65,725 in February 2013.

The current offering, a daily strip dated May 9, 1987, in which Calvin refuses a vegetarian meal and declares himself a "dessertarian," has faded lettering and panel frames, but is described as otherwise in "Excellent condition." The current online bid is $16,000, but will likely climb considerably higher before the May 15-17 auction.



(via The Daily Cartoonist)